The Sweet Side of Bad Boys

You've probably already heard about the research that found that men with wide, masculine faces are more likely to be liars and cheaters. (If not, check it out here.)

Now, a new study is cutting these bad boys some slack. Researchers from Scotland's University of St. Andrews discovered that wide-faced men are more self-sacrificing than other guys.

In the study, scientists gave male college students money to play a game in which they could keep their cash by free-riding on other people in their group, or risk their money to benefit their group as a whole.

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The men were split into groups—half were told they would be competing against fellow students, while the other half were told they would be competing against a rival school.

The results: The wider-faced men in the rivalry group were more willing than the other men in their group to sacrifice their own money for the good of the team.

On the flip side, wide-faced men who weren't on the rivalry team were less willing to sacrifice their cash. Basically, wide-faced men were more willing to step up to the plate when they felt they were needed, but were happy to sit back when they didn't think their cooperation was a biggie.

Clearly, every man is different, and you can't accurately predict that all men with masculine faces are going to act the same way, but it's definitely interesting.